Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Robotics boost fish pack efficiencies

European seafood processor upgrades and diversifies packaging line operations to keep pace with growing product demand.

July 31, 2006

Spirits/liquors: Page 47

Filling/capping, dry

Vision System Speeds Container Development

London, England-based alcoholic beverage producer Diageo has launched its new leche-flavored liqueur line “Dulseda” in what the company claims is “the fastest time to market ever.”Key to the accelerated glass bottle design development and testing was Diageo’s use of the Vision Bottle Gauge (VBG) automated testing station supplied by Agr International (www.agrintl.com).

July 31, 2006

Closures

Vodka Debuts In Blue-Hue PET Bottles

This summer, White Rock Distilleries, Lewiston, ME, introduced its Pinnacle-brand vodka in new 1.75-L translucent blue PET bottles supplied by Amcor PET Packaging (www.amcor.com) and topped with upscale 33-mm polypropylene closures from Berry Plastics Corp.

July 31, 2006

Closures

In Search Of Real Packaging Innovation

The paucity of true packaging innovation troubles James Goodell, chief executive officer of i4design. Goodell is a world traveler, and notes the extensiveness of “me too” packaging dotting store shelves.

July 31, 2006

Flexibles

The Science Of Food Packaging

Innovations in Food Packaging is a weighty addition to the topic.

July 31, 2006

Closures

Data acquisition bottles

You may be surprised at what's packed inside these containers.

July 31, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Sentry wrapping machines leverage ELAU automation technology

A new family of end-of-line packaging equipment leverages PackML for a common look and feel across all machines in the family.

June 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Wyeth's tips to packaging machinery OEMs

Build machines that can share data with machines built by other OEMs and find better ways to streamline fault reporting.

June 30, 2006

Beverage

Prémio! Special effects say tequila's fabuloso

Jose Cuervo International is rolling out Black Medallion dark sipping, super-premium tequila in eye-catching bottles that reflect the spirit’s distinctive qualities.

June 30, 2006

Beverage

Glass design rewarded

Bacardi’s Corzo Tequila bottle won the Overall Package Design award in the 2006 Clear Choice Award competition sponsored by the Glass Packaging Institute.

June 30, 2006

Contract Packaging

Packaging Summit Expo and Conference 2007 intensifies Contract Packaging objectives

Last May’s Packaging Summit 2006 (held May 16-18, 2006 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois) was a great success, bringing packaging’s leaders together in one venue specializing in contract packaging solutions, containers and materials innovations as well as an outstanding educational conference program.

June 30, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

HP Invents Eco-Friendly Pack

Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, has debuted a new angle on eco-friendly packaging using RPETG, a recycled polyester copolymer, that replaces polyvinyl chloride.

June 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Elau's Packaging Automation Forum Series

Click on the following stories to read Elau's series on the Packaging Automation Forum.

May 31, 2006